I wonder if, based on the latest polling out of Gorton and Denton, Green voters would be willing to lend their vote to Labour to ensure Reform don't win that seat? Or if the Greens end up polling second whether Labour voters would be willing to do the same for the Greens?
Just putting it out there how engaging, interesting and often at times funny @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social content is on @lbc.co.uk. His honest, up front and no-nonsense truth to Trump's bizarre and damaging politics is so important. I always look forward to listening to his shows & appearances on LBC.
New RSA Blog 🌍✍️ by Johanna Schnabel (@jos38.bsky.social) : Can Devolution Reduce Regional Inequality in the UK?
From “Levelling Up” to “Power Up Britain,” devolution is central, but structures alone aren’t enough. Read more 👇
🔗 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...
Found this insightful!!
NEW BLOG POST ALERT!
Is education a postcode lottery? Dive into the latest PSJ blog post examining how regional authority, spending, and demographics drive inequality across OECD countries.
By @jos38.bsky.social
Read here:
psjblog.net/2025/09/10/a...
#PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal
One of my favourite Yes, Minister / Yes, Prime Minister scenes. Always makes me chuckle 😂 youtube.com/shorts/5CRSb...
#OnlineEvent | 'Navigating Postdoctoral Funding and Applications in Middle East Studies'
🗓️29 May, 14:00-15.30 (BST)
Join our next online event with scholars sharing tips on postdoc applications and funding in Middle East Studies. More info: shorturl.at/5g4nJ
Don't we all!
Harmonie Toros (Prof of Politics and International Relations, U of Reading) will offer a reassessment of the Munich Conference of 1938. She has advised NATO and the UN on conflict resolution with non-state groups across the world.
Awww feel for our poor dogs. Breaks your hearts when you see what it does to them, doesn't it. It takes our dog, Hettie, hours to calm down after she hears the first bang 😞
This week REF launched its call for membership of the subject panels for 2029. This includes for the chair, deputy chair and members of the History sub-panel. This time, application is via self-nomination bit.ly/4gnTOwW.
Closing dates: chairs 6 February / panel members 28 April 2025 #Skystorians
Just thought I'd share this again in case it's useful for any #Politics #PoliticsandIR #InternationalRelations academics or research support administrators/managers
Enjoy your well earned break and look forward to hearing all about your exciting new research projects! Happy Christmas 🎄
A #StarterPack / list of societies, professional associations, funders, charities and organisations that fund, support and promote scholars and the scholarship of Politics and International Relations. Feel free to share, add to or suggest additons #Politics #PoliticsandIR
go.bsky.app/QQ3EUt6
What about starter packs for political scientists, English literature scholars, economists, classics scholars, architects, legal scholars? Can anyone point me toward those?
On Monday we began a Starter Pack of societies and organisations (UK and international) for historians.
Thanks to your recommendations and help, we've added another 40 societies and networks to the listing this week bsky.app/starter-pack...
#Skystorians
The #JoRMA Journal of Research Management and Administration is looking to expand its editorial team. We are a diamond #OpenAccess journal run by and for #RMA researchers and professionals. publications.coventry.ac.uk/index.php/jo... - deadline 15th Jan 2025.
While I personally feel that strikes when the sector is on its knees isn't a good idea I don't think VCs saying to the workforce that "There’s a sense of not living in the real world" is helpful when they earn anything from £200k+
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Image of open book advertising the Royal Historical Society's First Book and Early Career Article prizes, 2025. Applications now invited.
We invite submissions for the Society's 2025 First Book and Early Career Article prizes, to recognise historical scholarship, by early career historians, published in 2024.
Details of author eligibility, and how to submit your first book or an article: bit.ly/4i9180F Closing date 31 January.
🌟 Nominations open for the 2025 PSA/APSA International Partnerships Award! @apsa.bsky.social
📝 Applications should be received by close of play 24 January 2025.
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I maybe wrong but I'm not sure how much more efficient & effective we can be in HE administration. We're already stripped to the bone. I also think after years & years of restructures & job losses that the term 'efficiency' means, in reality, one thing to VCs - more job cuts and mergers
As a prisoner (I mean inhabitant) of Rutherford for almost 8 years, I'd recognise those corridors anywhere!
Book display rearranged to show contempt for Boris Johnson
Just did me a little light rearranging….
Book cover
🚨 Publication Day Klaxon 🚨 for * The Edinburgh Companion to Queer Reading * & it looks like the price is reduced for publication day. I’ll be doing an advent calendar of snippets from each chapter over the coming month. Follow the 🧵 here! #QueerReading #LGBTQStudies
Is the bottom right one the architectural marvel that is Rutherford College at the University of Kent?
Things continuing to look bleak for the higher education sector in England. Very worrying.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
